Police Searching For Woman Accused Of Punching 2-Year-Old On Subway; 'When He Woke Up, He Was Shaking,' Mother Says
The boy's mother is terrified the woman who attacked her and punched her son will come after them again.
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The boy's mother is terrified the woman who attacked her and punched her son will come after them again.
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The victim says she was purchasing a bottle of wine inside a liquor store when a man offered to pay. According to the woman, when she politely declined and walked out after making her purchase, three men chased her across the street, kicked her and one man bit her forehead, injuring her eye.
She says it happened after she turned down one man's offer to pay for her.
Three men allegedly assaulted the woman, kicking her multiple times. Police say one man bit the woman on her forehead.
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